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Smokey Bastard

About Me

"I think it's safe to say that if you were to ask the man on the street to name his favorite Reading-based 7 piece folk-punk outfit then chances are he's gonna plump for Smokey Bastard..."
Edna Average, Bude

"Quite frankly, overrated."
Paul James Allam, Portland Rise

"Tight as a duck's arse"
Hugh Crabtree

"I just thought I should tell you that your band are rubbish. You're all rubbish and you think you're really good but you're just rubbish."
Maddy, 8

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Member Since: 06/01/2007
Band Website: www.smokeybastard.com
Band Members: Chris 'Crispy' Maclennan - Vocals, Guitar, Bouzouki, Mandolin, Harmonica
Mike 'Blunder McChunder' Wood - Vocals, Bass
Matt 'Gin Bingeington' Ness - Lead Guitar, Banjo, yelling
Patrick 'PeeVeeGee' Von Glehn - Accordion
Andy 'Gears McBeers' Edwards - Penny Whistle, banjo, guitar, yelling
Sophie 'Girl' Crabtree - Fiddle, vocals
Alex 'Buttons' Davis - Drums

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Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

January Update

A bit of bad news for everyone this month. Biscuits Aled "Nobby" Jenkins has decided to leave the band. He had a good run, shorter than most, but fun was definitely had.He leaves us for good reasons t...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:08:00 GMT

December Update: Reading Gigs.

Right. Reading gigs. Here we go.Recently the band have decided that we've been sort of neglecting our lil' hometown of Reading and as such have semi consciously booked a lot of gigs in the area for th...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:54:00 GMT

November Update

Cough, splutter, wheeze.Basically that's all November has been for us so far. We've had to cancel one gig already, but it looks like we're on the mends.We got this big ill somewhere on the road (we di...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:24:00 GMT

October Update

Hey,So we are now in the month of the tour. This is a good thing as I am already starting to do things like change my bass strings and wash with anticipation. Throw in a sweet weekend of gigs (Kamikaz...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:41:00 GMT

September Update

So here we are, just over a month since our last tour and we're already booking the next. CDs have been selling consistantly well and we've had a gig at least once a week to keep us in check. Sort of....
Posted by on Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:54:00 GMT

August Update - Tour Report (It's long)

Wow. Fucking wow. Tour was insane. I think it can be cut up into four different sections:It started out pretty shit. The first two days we ended up treating as practices. Playing with the whole band a...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:44:00 GMT

July Update - part 2 - van plans get ruined

Wow, so here we are getting all excited a day or two before we leave to go on tour. Buttons has checked again to confirm the bus is all cool and we're spray painting flight-cases in anticipation.Then ...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:31:00 GMT

July Update

The album is done. It is at the presses. See you in ten to fifteen working days.Whilst we wait we're still booking gigs for the tour, and whilst we've trimmed a few dates off the start, we need to fil...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:08:00 GMT

June Update

So we've been fairly busy again this month. The booking of the tour is a slow and grueling process, and whilst gradually taking shape has a long way to go. As mentioned in the previous update, any hel...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:28:00 GMT

May Update part two. Tour.

So we've finally decided to go on tour. A proper tour, not like the several "there and back again" tours that we've done in the past. This will take us to a lot of places, but then planning is likely ...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 17:20:00 GMT